lifespan development - developmental stages

Question 1

areas of development

Answer 1

gross motor skills, fine motor skills, cognitive, social & emotional

Question 2

infancy gross motor milestones

Answer 2

-lifts head while lying on tummy (1-2 months)
-roll over from back to front (3-4 months)
-sit up with no support (5-6 months)
-crawl and pull selves up to stand (7-9 months)
-first steps (10-12 months)

Question 3

infancy language development milestones

Answer 3

-coos and has different cries for different needs (3 months)
-babbling (4-8 months)
-start imitating speech sounds (6-9 months)
-first word (12 months)
-understand simple instructions (12-18 months)
-vocabulary of ~15 meaningful words (18 months)

Question 4

infancy social & emotional development milestones

Answer 4

-social smiling (2 months)
-mimicking facial expressions (4 months)
-recognises faces (6 months)
-responds to the emotions of others (6 months)
-separation & stranger anxiety (9 months)

Question 5

toddler fine motor & gross motor milestones

Answer 5

fine motor milestones:
-begin to hold a crayon
-build small tower blocks
-put rings on pegs
-mould play doh
gross motor milestones:
-climbing stairs without holding the railing
-running faster
-avoiding obstacles

Question 6

toddler language development and social & emotional development milestones

Answer 6

language development milestones
-two word sentences (18 months-2years)
-using pronouns (2 years)
-ask simple questions (2 years)
-using basic adjectives (i.e. happy, small) (2 years)
-3 word sentences (3 years)
social & emotional development
-begin to show more independence (i.e. helping dress self)
-parallel play (will play alongside other children)
-begins to show more defiance
-imitates behaviours of others
-notices emotions of others

Question 7

child motor skills milestones

Answer 7

fine motor milestones:
-get dressed & undressed without help (4 years)
-writes own name (4-5 years)
-cuts out simple shapes (5-6 years)
-can write most letters and numbers correctly (6-7 years)
gross motor skills:
-kicks a ball forward (4 years)
-catches small ball with hands (5 years)
-able to skip using a skipping rope (6 years)

Question 8

child language development and social & emotional milestones

Answer 8

language development:
-uses nearly 1500 words (3-4 years)
-talks about past & future events (5-6 years)
-follows the meaning of others’ conversation (5-6 years)
-uses imaginative language in play to tell stories (5-6 years)
-uses appropriate grammar in spoken & written language (7-8 years)
social & emotional:
-begins to share (3-4 years)
-begins to develop theory of mind, an awareness that others have different thoughts, feelings & beliefs (4-5 years)
-cooperative play with others (5-6 years)

Question 9

adolescence motor and language development milestones

Answer 9

motor milestones:
-fine motor skills continue to improve i.e. coordination
-females do not make any significant gains overall in motor skills after 14 unless training for a specific sport
-gross motor skills of males (particularly physical strength and endurance) improve up to early 20s
language development milestones
-understand figurative language and sarcasm
-learn approximately 10 new words a day
-code switch their communication style to suit their context

Question 10

adolescence social & emotional milestones

Answer 10

-start exploring their identity, vocational sexual etc
-becoming more independent from family an peer relationships becoming more important
-sensitive to what other people think of them
-learn to value and accept other people’s point of view
-begin to develop their own morals and values

Question 11

early adulthood

Answer 11

gross & fine motor skills:
-motor skills operating at their best
-strength operating at its best
language development:
-vocabulary continues to develop
social & emotional:
-development of intimate relationships

Question 12

middle age

Answer 12

gross & fine motor skills:
-deterioration of strength & coordination
language development:
-longer & more lexically diverse sentences tend to be produced
social & emotional development:
-focus on career & family
-less neurotic and more capable of managing emotions
-better able to negotiate social situations

Question 13

old age

Answer 13

gross & fine motor skills:
-generally decline in strength & coordination
-balance declines
language:
-experience more word-finding failures
-difficulties retrieving the sounds of words
social & emotional:
-reflect on life & contributions
-consistently report feeling more positive and less negative